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Hollywood director Gilliam hits out at #MeToo ‘mob rule’

By AFP
March 17, 2018

PARIS: Hollywood director Terry Gilliam said Friday that the #MeToo movement has morphed into “mob rule”, claiming that while some women suffered, others used Harvey Weinstein to further their careers. The Monty Python member said Weinstein “is a monster” and that there are “plenty of monsters out there... There are other people (still) behaving like Harvey” in the film industry, abusing their power for sex. Weinstein was exposed because he “is an asshole and he made so many enemies,” he told .